Electric hair drier



March 31, 1931. T. PATERMANN 1,799,060

ELECTRIC HAIR DRIER Filed Nov. fr; 1929 Fly. 2

Patented Mar. 31, 1931 1,799,060

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE THEOIDOR PATERMANN, OF RATIBOR, GERMANY ELECTRIC HAIR DRIER Application filed November 7, 1929, Serial No. 405,473, and n Germany August 6, 1929.

This invention relates to an electric hairment and in the cover g for the discharge of drying device and consists in the provision of vapours. a metallic hair net adapted to be secured by The heating of the moist hair on the head means of an elastic band to the human head will have a refreshing effect, and the hair, 5 and to support a domed electric heating eleafter being dried in this fashion and combed, 55

ment so as to receive heat from the latter, the Will have a pleasing appearance. heating element being fitted with a cover I claim which holds the electric leads. l. An electric hair-drier comprising a me- Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings reptallic hair net, an elastic band for connectl0 resents a front view of the net, ing said net to the human head, a domed 60 Fig. 2 is a top View of the same, electric heating element adapted to cover Fig. 3 is a sectional front view of the ensaid net so as to supply heat thereto, and a tire device, cover for said heating element.

Fig. Liis a top view of the device, 2. A hair-drier as claimed in claim l in 15 Fig. 5 is a view of the fastening elements combination with ribs applied to the net as 65 according to one construction, spacing elements between it and the heat- Fig. 6 is a cross-section of part of the fasing element. tening elements, 3. An electric hair-drier comprising a nie- F ig. 7 is a vieW of a modified form of the tallic hair net, a semi-circular rim of soft fastening element, and material to which said net is connected, elas- 7" Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the latter. tic bands connected to the rim for securing The hair-drying device comprises a metalthe net to the human head, a domed electric lic hair net l preferably made of copper heating element adapted to cover said net strips or Wire and adapted to fit the crown and supply heat thereto, ribs arranged on of the human head. The net is connected at the net as spacing elements between it and 75 the front to a soft, semi-circular rim a adaptthe heating element, a funnel-shaped cover ed to bear against the forehead, and eyelets b holding said heating element in its Wide end, are made at the ends of the rim for the reand means for plugging electric leads for ception of elastic straps c adapted to be conthe heating element into the narrow end of l2' nected at the back of the head for securing said cover.

the drying net in position. The rim a is THEODOR PATERMANN. either formed With a groove, as shown in Fig. 6, or with a recess, as shown in Fi 8, for the reception of the edge of the net Wich may be fastened to the rim by means of rivets.

For heating the net While applied to the head, a domed electric heating element is provided Which is adapted to cover the net. In order to maintain the heating element at 90 a safe distance from the head and enable the vapours to escape, the net is provided with a plurality of spacing ribs e placed on its top surface. u The heating element is mounted in the wide 9" end of a funnel-shaped cover g the narrow end of Which is provided with a socket for connection by means of a plug i to the electric source.

Apertures may be made in the heating eleim 

